Cal Falls On The Farm

Haley Giavara’s singles win temporarily tied the Big Slam at 1-1.

WTEN4/21/2023 9:48 PM | By: Cal Athletics

STANFORD – Haley Giavara won in singles in her final Big Slam for the 27th-ranked California women’s tennis team, but the Golden Bears lost to seventh-ranked Stanford on Friday at the Taube Family Tennis Center.
 
The Bears end the regular season with an 11-8 overall record and a 7-3 Pac-12 Conference record. Stanford – the Pac-12 regular-season champion – is 18-2 (10-0)
 
The Cardinal won the doubles point after clinching on court three, with Cal’s Erin Richardson and Hannah Viller Moeller falling 7-6(3) to Connie Ma and Valencia Xu.
 
Giavara, a senior, claimed the first win in singles, beating the 16th-ranked Ma, 6-4, 6-1, to tie the Big Slam at 1-1.
 
But Stanford won the rest of the way in singles to take the 6-1 victory. Cal’s 48th-ranked Jessica Alsola lost for the first time since Jan. 6 when she fell to Stanford’s 24th-ranked Alexandra Yepifanova, 7-6(3), 6-2. That snapped an 18-match winning streak for the sophomore Bear.

Cal next plays in the Pac-12 Championship, which starts on April 26 in Ojai, with the tournament bracket coming out after the last regular-season matches conclude on Saturday.

  

#7 Stanford 6, #27 California 1

DOUBLES

1. #20 Angelica Blake/Alexis Blokhina (STAN) vs. #9 Jessica Alsola/Katja Wiersholm (CAL) 6-5 (DNF)

2. Sara Choy/Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) d. Haley Giavara/Valentina Ivanov (CAL) 6-4

3. Connie Ma/Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Erin Richardson/Hannah Viller Moeller (CAL) 7-6(3)

Order of Finish: 2, 3

 

SINGLES

1. #24 Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) d. #48 Jessica Alsola (CAL) 7-6(3), 6-2

2. Haley Giavara (CAL) d. #16 Connie Ma (STAN) 6-4, 6-1

3. #43 Angelica Blake (STAN) d. Katja Wiersholm (CAL) 6-1, 7-5

4. #82 Alexis Blokhina (STAN) d. Valentina Ivanov (CAL) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0

5. Valencia Xu (STAN) vs. Hannah Viller Moeller (CAL) 7-5, 7-6(2)

6. Sara Choy (STAN) d. Berta Passola Folch (CAL) 7-5, 6-1

Order of Finish: 2, 6, 1, 3, 4, 5